May 2, 2012 at 5:46 PM

New Delhi, May 2 (ANI): The Indo-Pakistan impasse on Siachen has been described by Dr Stephen Cohen, a Washington based South Asia analyst as "a fight between two bald men over a comb". The problem with US thinkers and opinion makers is that they oversimplify important strategic issues as has been done by the good doctor with his bland comment.

April 29, 2012 at 3:30 PM

April 28, 2012 at 9:30 PM

Moscow, April 28 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Four people, including two former policemen, have been arrested in Russia on charges of poisoning at least 11 people in a bid to illegally seize their apartments, officials said Saturday.

April 27, 2012 at 5:54 PM

Panaji, April 27 (IANS) Foreign land mafias are usurping and exploiting scarce land resources in Goa and creating "social and economic chaos", Goa's only representative in the Rajya Sabha told the upper house Friday.

April 27, 2012 at 11:54 AM

Havana, April 27 (IANS/EFE) Cuba registered in the first quarter of this year 8,390 private sales of automobiles and 2,730 private real estate transactions, according to official figures published Thursday by daily Granma.

April 26, 2012 at 10:06 PM

Washington, Apr 26 (ANI): Britney Spears' fiance Jason Trawick has been officially approved to become her new conservator and will join her father as the caretaker of her finances, a U.S. report has revealed.

April 25, 2012 at 5:49 PM

Shimla, April 25 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh government Wednesday objected to the Russian embassy's allegation that it was trying to take over the trust managing late Russian artist Nicholas Roerich's estate in Kullu.

April 25, 2012 at 5:22 PM

London, Apr 25 (ANI): Jermain Defoe and Alexandra Burke, who tried to convince everyone for a while that they were "just good friends", have been pictured touching each other in public for the first time.

April 24, 2012 at 5:41 PM

London, April 24 (ANI): Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have not yet confirmed a date for their wedding, but the couple looks set to start their days as husband and wife on their own doorstep as building work on their French mansion nears completion.

April 23, 2012 at 1:16 PM

Kullu (Himachal Pradesh), April 23 (IANS) Russia has accused the Himachal Pradesh government of 'behaving in a rude and uncivilised manner' over the working of the trust that manages late Russian painter Nicholas Roerich's multi-crore-rupee estate in the picturesque Kullu Valley.

April 21, 2012 at 5:17 PM

New York, Apr 21 (ANI): Jennifer Aniston, who bought two West Village apartments about a year ago, has reportedly sold them at a loss of 500,000 dollars to real estate investor Daniel Neidich, according to a source.

April 21, 2012 at 2:53 PM

April 19, 2012 at 5:41 PM

Bangkok, April 19 (Xinhua-ANI): A recent roadshow of Thailand to China, during the Thai premier's official trip, is expected to lead to investment in Thailand of over 2.1 billion U.S. dollars, the Board of Investment (BoI) under Thailand's Ministry of Industry said on Thursday.

April 18, 2012 at 3:49 PM

Hyderabad, April 18 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh High Court Wednesday directed actor Genelia D'Souza to appear before it personally or through her lawyer in a cheating case related to the purchase of a house from a company for which she was brand ambassador.

April 13, 2012 at 1:39 PM

Beijing, April 13 (ANI): The economic growth of China slowed down to 8.1 percent in the first quarter of 2012, as a slowdown in exports and real-estate investment complicated its efforts to guide the economy to progress.

April 12, 2012 at 2:51 PM

April 12, 2012 at 4:43 AM

Washington, April 12 (IANS) The US economy continued to grow at a steady pace since February, with most manufacturers optimistic about the near-term economic outlook, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday.

April 10, 2012 at 8:11 PM

April 10, 2012 at 9:53 AM

Madrid, April 10 (IANS/EFE) More than 1,600 Spanish firms declared insolvency in the first quarter, a rise of 21 percent over the same period in 2011, PricewaterhouseCoopers said Monday in a report based on official data.

April 5, 2012 at 1:04 PM

Washington, Apr 5 (ANI): A new legislation is being discussed in the United States that would give relatives and friends the right to manage social networking accounts belonging to their deceased loved ones.

April 3, 2012 at 12:48 PM

Beijing, April 3 (IANS) Business activities in China's non-manufacturing sector steadily recovered in March on rising market demands, the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP) said Tuesday.

April 2, 2012 at 4:24 PM

Mumbai, April 2 (IANS) A benchmark index for Indian equities markets closed 74 points higher Monday, the first trading day of 2012-13, on the back of good buying support in real estate, power and banking stocks.

April 2, 2012 at 1:52 PM

Mumbai, April 2 (IANS) A benchmark index for Indian equities markets was trading with a gain of nearly 100 points in the afternoon session Monday on the back of good buying support in real estate and banking stocks.

March 27, 2012 at 7:20 PM

After unearthing illegal mining scam that hit hard BJP government in the state of Karnataka and led the party's top
brass to change its Chief Minister, has once again come into trouble after revealing another.....

March 27, 2012 at 10:56 AM

Barcelona, March 27 (IANS/EFE) CaixaBank said Monday that it plans to purchase Banca Civica for nearly 1 billion euros ($1.33 billion) in a transaction that will leave the buyer as Spain's largest financial institution by assets.

March 24, 2012 at 11:44 AM

Islamabad, March 24 (IANS) The lifestyle of Pakistani parliamentarians is like that of royalty and in stark contrast to that of "the vast majority of the people have to deal with the much harsher realities of poverty, inflation and a struggle to put food on the table", said a leading daily.

March 10, 2012 at 9:22 PM

London, Mar 10 (ANI): Whitney Houston owed more than 4 million dollars in debt, but had merely 29,000 dollars in bank accounts, according to the income and expense declaration issued to the court during her 2007 divorce to Bobby Brown.

March 10, 2012 at 7:14 PM

London, Mar 10 (ANI): Whitney Houston owed more than 4 million dollars in debt, but had merely 29,000 dollars in bank accounts, according to the income and expense declaration issued to the court during her 2007 divorce to Bobby Brown.

February 18, 2012 at 7:48 PM

Washington, Feb 18 (ANI): Researchers have built a prototype application for touch-screen mobile devices that is vying to be a complete solution for texting without the need to look at a mobile gadget's screen.

February 18, 2012 at 1:39 PM

Washington, Feb 18 (ANI): Researchers have built a prototype application for touch-screen mobile devices that is vying to be a complete solution for texting without the need to look at a mobile gadget's screen.

February 12, 2012 at 9:57 PM

London, Feb 12 (ANI): British scientists have for the first time generated crucial types of human brain cells in the laboratory by reprogramming skin cells, which they say could speed up the hunt for new treatments for conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy and stroke.

February 12, 2012 at 5:25 PM

London, Feb 12 (ANI): British scientists have for the first time generated crucial types of human brain cells in the laboratory by reprogramming skin cells, which they say could speed up the hunt for new treatments for conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy and stroke.